Chapter 0226: Divine Essence Attack

The Group of Immortals Pavilion came under pressure as violent air currents surged. The Hellish Demigods Fran and the others, forced to retreat into the Ten Thousand Rivers Formation, panicked and looked up, then immediately reacted in anger.

The Beast Gods Peter and the other transformed into their true forms—two golden Bimons, dozens of feet tall, with golden fur like thorns. After revealing their true forms, they opened their massive mouths, from which two enormous storms erupted.

The storms surged upward, rising like sea-dragon demons into the heavens, charging toward the Group of Immortals Pavilion with unstoppable force.

Above Hellish Demigods Fran andSiths, two black crystals emitting a sickly green light appeared. As soon as these crystals flew out, the surrounding space became filled with elemental energy, forming an elemental ocean that pushed everything back.

“This is a divine essence?!” Long Yi and the others exclaimed in shock upon seeing this.

The Yellow Dragon also narrowed his eyes.

Boom!

After Hellish Demigods Fran andSiths unleashed their divine essences, the deathly power radiating from these fist-sized essences spread over dozens of miles, causing the Group of Immortals Pavilion to be blasted away.

This was the divine essence of a god-tier powerhouse!

The power of a divine essence!

At the god tier, one possesses both a divine essence and a divine body. In battle, they can unleash their divine essences against enemies. The power of a divine essence, built from countless years of elemental energy absorbed by a god-tier powerhouse, is even stronger than that of divine artifacts.

Hellish Demigods Fran andSiths were originally high-ranking gods. Although their strength had diminished to that of lower-ranking gods, their divine essences remained those of high-ranking gods.

However, the moment the Group of Immortals Pavilion was blasted away, the Yellow Dragon noticed terrifying cracks on their divine essences, as if they might shatter at any moment.

He then understood why the two had not used their divine essences—seemingly, their divine essences had been severely damaged during the battle with other gods thousands of years ago, causing their strength to decline.

Indeed, after blasting the Group of Immortals Pavilion away, the sickly green light of their divine essences shrank drastically. Hellish Demigods Fran andSiths trembled violently, their faces turning pale.

Then, their divine essences quivered before being absorbed back into their bodies by Fran andSiths.

Initially, Long Yi and the others were shocked by the immense power of Fran andSiths’ divine essences. But seeing the cracks in their divine essences, they felt relieved and became more determined to fight.

Because they knew that if the enemy escaped this time and their divine powers were restored, their strength would increase greatly, leading to the death of everyone. Thus, the Hellish Demigods Fran andSiths must not let them escape. The Group of Immortals Pavilion was shattered by Fran andSiths’s divine powers; a green light flashed, and white jade-like tree roots stretched out from within. “The Netherworld Divine Tree!” Huang Long was stunned at first, then realized that Fran andSiths had used their divine powers to awaken the tree’s “hunger” instinct. As the tree roots extended, they instantly reached for Fran andSiths under their astonished gazes. “What is this?!” Feeling the green light emitted by the roots, which created a sucking force that made the divine powers in their minds tremble uncontrollably, Fran andSiths were terrified. “Sword of Death!” The two exchanged glances, condensed their divine powers into a giant sword hundreds of feet long, and slashed at the white jade roots. Yet, something astonishing happened. The giant sword, formed from their divine powers, failed to cut through the roots as they had expected. Instead, the roots bounced violently before reaching out and enveloping the sword. After a flash of green light, the sword was completely swallowed! Vanished without a trace! After devouring the sword, the white jade roots seemed to gain strength, growing thicker, and continued to extend toward Fran andSiths, ignoring the Beast Gods Peter and the others. Fran andSiths were filled with terror. For millions of years, this was the first time they had encountered such a situation—a tree root that could devour divine powers?! It seemed these roots intended to consume the divine powers within their own divine essences?! Moreover, what kind of tree were these roots from? Even their Sword of Death, capable of leaving cracks in lower-grade divine artifacts, failed to cut through these roots! Seeing this, Huang Long sent out his original spirit, controlling the spirit of the Group of Immortals Pavilion, the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, to attack Peter and the other Beast Gods. The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon opened its mouth, firing a golden pillar that transformed into a divine dragon. “Divine Dragon Wave!” Then, it transformed into thousands of golden dragons, which flew around and danced together. “True Dragon Dance!” Waves of terrifying dragon energy surged toward Peter and the other Beast Gods.

Now, Huang Long must first kill the Beast Gods Peter and the others along with Long Yi, before dealing with the Hell Demigods Fran andSiths. Although Huang Long still cannot uncover the secrets of the Netherworld Divine Tree, from what just happened, it seems sufficient to keep Fran andSiths occupied. Thus, Huang Long isn’t worried that they’ll escape the Wanshui Formation. The Beast Gods Peter and the others transformed into golden Bimons, but even with the attacks from Long Yi, the Phoenix clan members Simp and Belin, and the Sea God Apton, they were already overwhelmed, retreating step by step while also having to fend off the waves of the Wanshui Formation. Now, under the continuous attacks from the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, the spirit of the Qunxian Pavilion, they could no longer dodge and were directly blasted back. As they flew backward, the mountains and seas within the Wanshui Formation pressed down again. They felt their entire bodies tremble violently, as if their internal organs were shattered by the pressure. At that moment, the sword light of the Green Rainbow Sword shone down once more. When the light disappeared, the severely wounded Beast Gods Peter and the others could no longer maintain their golden Bimon forms and reverted to human shape. Then, under the pressure of the waves from the Wanshui Formation, they met the same fate as the half-orcs Ali and Zevi. With the death of the Beast Gods Peter and the others, Fran andSiths, who were already being pursued by the Netherworld Divine Tree, became even more panicked and lost direction. They had planned to surprise Huang Long and attack him together; if they couldn’t kill him, they would capture his family members to force Huang Long to hand over the keys to the Blue Whale Temple. With those keys, they could obtain the treasures of the temple and restore their strength, then return to eliminate Huang Long, Long Yi, Simp, and the others one by one. But unexpectedly, just as they were about to land on Chishui Island, they were trapped by this damned magic formation, unable to break free, while Zevi and the others were killed one after another. Could they also perish here?! Fran andSiths were filled with panic, anger, and even a sense of resentment and regret. Tens of thousands of years ago, they had been sent by their clan to fight for the Supreme Spirit Liquid. Even though they were severely wounded by a near-perfect upper god, they hadn’t died. Now, they were about to be killed by these weaker divine realm warriors? This was a humiliation for them! They were regarded as geniuses of their clan over a million years, having reached the upper god realm in just hundreds of thousands of years. Even in the Hell Divine Realm, they were among the most renowned warriors in the area. “Damn it, what kind of strange tree is this?!”

“Kids, don’t think that trapping us will somehow defeat us!” Hellish Demon Lord Fran roared after dodging the attack from the Tree of the Netherworld. “You insignificant divine realms, ignorant of death! I’ll show you the true power of a god now!” Sith also roared in fury, and as he finished speaking, his divine essence flew out of his body once again. As it emerged, a sickly green light shot into the sky. Then, that divine essence frantically absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy; the sickly green light spread, followed by a resonant hum, as hundreds of giant green swords were unleashed, slashing down at Huang Long and his companions from above. Each of these giant green swords possessed the same destructive power as the Death Swords used in Sith and his companion’s earlier attacks. Divine-level warriors could utilize the rules they had mastered through their divine essences, unleashing even greater power than their own attacks. Long Yi and the others were shocked. Even Huang Long, upon seeing those hundreds of green swords charging at them, wore a grave expression. Standing outside the grand formation, Huang Long sent a thought, causing hundreds of Sacred Domain Dark Magical Beasts to pour all their magic power into the formation. Waves of immense scale rose within the Wan Shui Formation. At the same time, Huang Long summoned the Five Directions Flags to protect an area several miles around. The hundreds of green swords rushed forward, yet the countless waves of the Wan Shui Formation couldn’t stop them—they were scattered by the force of the attacks. At that moment, air currents surged around Huang Long, with water and fire dragons coiling around him as they roared, emitting streams of elemental energy that collided repeatedly with the green swords. Long Yi and the others also launched their full-power attacks. Continuous booms echoed through the air, causing waves to ripple for hundreds of miles. Bogge and the people of the Huang family, who remained on Chishui Island, felt the ground shaking violently. Long Yi and the others were pushed back by the immense force of the attacks. Even Huang Long was forced to retreat. However, after Sith launched this desperate attack in his fury, cracks in his divine essence widened. Sith trembled violently, his face turning pale. The backlash from the shattered divine essence caused him even greater suffering than Huang Long and the others. After pushing back Huang Long and his group, Sith’s pale face showed a hint of relief as he prepared to recall his divine essence, break through the formation, and flee. Suddenly, a flash of green light appeared, along with Fran’s urgent cry, “Sith, be careful!” Sith turned in shock and saw the roots of the white jade tree already above his head. His expression changed instantly—“No good!” He leaped into the air, ready to strike, but let out a scream as he fell from great heights. “No!” Sith cried in horror as he stared up at the sky.

Amid his terrified screams, the white jade tree roots had already wrapped around that divine essence, with the divine power within it continuously flowing into the Netherworld Divine Tree.